Chicago BlackhawksCHI 3–5 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Chicago BlackhawksCHI	2	0	1	3	31
New Jersey DevilsNJD	1	1	3	5	40

Playoff odds, %	Change
NJD	+0.1
CHI	-0.0

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 29, 2026 6:37 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
4:19	CHI	Ilya Mikheyev (15) Anton Frondell (3), Louis Crevier (14) · wrist xG 0.18	1–0 ▶
11:15	NJD	Connor Brown (15)PP Luke Hughes (28), Jack Hughes (40) · deflected xG 0.10	1–1 ▶
13:11	CHI	Frank Nazar (13) Ryan Donato (14), Andre Burakovsky (21) · wrist xG 0.23	2–1 ▶
2nd Period
15:48	NJD	Simon Nemec (11) Dawson Mercer (21), Nico Hischier (31) · snap xG 0.12	2–2 ▶
3rd Period
10:51	CHI	Frank Nazar (14)PP Connor Bedard (38), Anton Frondell (4) · slap xG 0.27	3–2 ▶
14:32	NJD	Dougie Hamilton (11) Jack Hughes (41), Timo Meier (16) · snap xG 0.06	3–3 ▶
14:51	NJD	Jack Hughes (21) Jesper Bratt (42), Jonas Siegenthaler (12) · wrist xG 0.12	3–4 ▶
19:29	NJD	Jack Hughes (22)EN Nico Hischier (32), Johnathan Kovacevic (6) · wrist xG 0.73	3–5 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

CHI 32%Deserve to win68% NJD

CHI		NJD
3.84	Expected goals	5.93
3	Goals (no shootout)	5
2.59	Expected goals, 5 on 5	4.58
65	Shot attempts	89
50	Unblocked attempts	67
31	Shots on goal	40

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
11:46	NJD	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · NJD takes the lead, 60–40% CHI had led since 5:15 of the 1st, by as much as 72%
2nd Period
3:40	NJD	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced CHI 1.39–0.14 In xG over 10 minutes, 14:00 of the 1st to 4:00 of the 2nd; neither team scored
13:38	CHI	Goalie	Goalie · Knight +2.1 goals saved 1 goal on 3.06 xG, 28 shots on goal
3rd Period
18:31	CHI	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Knight, down 4–3 With 1:29 left; NJD scored at 19:29 of the 3rd (3–5)
18:40	NJD	No shift	No shift · Dadonov, 10:23 on the bench No shift after 5:16 of the 3rd; 12 shifts (9:47) before that

Shot map

CHI shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD shoots

About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
98	Connor Bedard	0	1	1	-1	8	0.37	1	1	20:40
91	Frank Nazar	2	0	2	-2	13	1.26	2	1	19:00
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	0	0	0	-1	4	0.48	0	1	17:35
16	Anton Frondell	0	2	2	-1	5	0.08	1	0	16:52
95	Ilya Mikheyev	1	0	1	0	3	0.38	0	1	16:14
86	Teuvo Teravainen	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	16:11
20	Ryan Greene	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	16:02
76	Nick Lardis	0	0	0	0	8	0.85	1	0	15:37
8	Ryan Donato	0	1	1	-2	9	0.20	0	0	14:52
95	Andre Burakovsky	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	14:16
84	Landon Slaggert	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	0	12:41
90	Sacha Boisvert	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	09:36
Defense
44	Wyatt Kaiser	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	22:27
6	Sam Rinzel	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	3	20:49
72	Alex Vlasic	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	5	20:13
46	Louis Crevier	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	4	18:58
38	Ethan Del Mastro	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	2	1	14:26
14	Kevin Korchinski	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	1	1	12:09

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Spencer Knight	39	4	35	.897	5.20	+1.20

New Jersey Devils

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
86	Jack Hughes	2	2	4	+2	19	2.02	0	0	22:12
13	Nico Hischier	0	1	1	+2	4	0.17	1	1	21:25
91	Dawson Mercer	0	1	1	+2	4	0.25	0	1	21:10
16	Connor Brown	1	0	1	+1	8	0.99	0	0	19:27
28	Timo Meier	0	1	1	+1	17	1.22	1	0	19:19
63	Jesper Bratt	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	0	17:54
12	Cody Glass	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	1	11:31
29	Lenni Hameenaho	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	11:02
33	Evgenii Dadonov	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	09:47
47	Paul Cotter	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	07:36
72	Maxim Tsyplakov	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	07:21
72	Nick Bjugstad	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	4	0	07:04
Defense
43	Luke Hughes	0	1	1	+1	6	0.06	0	1	22:07
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	0	1	1	+1	5	0.24	3	3	20:37
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	20:10
5	Brenden Dillon	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	0	2	19:31
7	Dougie Hamilton	1	0	1	+1	6	0.11	4	3	18:55
71	Simon Nemec	1	0	1	-1	5	0.30	0	2	16:55

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jake Allen	31	3	28	.903	3.84	+0.84

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Chicago Blackhawks

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
91 Frank Nazar C	+1.95	+1.50	+0.82	-0.47	0.00	+0.05	+0.05	—	19:00
30 Spencer Knight G	+1.20	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.20	59:02
8 Ryan Donato C	+0.85	+0.70	+0.13	+0.05	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	14:52
15 Anton Frondell C	+0.48	+1.25	+0.05	-0.76	0.00	-0.05	-0.02	—	16:52
28 Andre Burakovsky L	+0.19	+0.55	0.00	-0.41	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	14:16
59 Tyler Bertuzzi L	+0.14	0.00	+0.31	-0.16	0.00	-0.04	+0.03	—	17:35
76 Nick Lardis L	+0.06	0.00	+0.55	-0.49	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	15:37
38 Ethan Del Mastro D	+0.03	0.00	+0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	14:26
12 Sacha Boisvert C	-0.09	0.00	+0.02	-0.30	+0.15	+0.02	+0.03	—	9:36
6 Sam Rinzel D	-0.12	0.00	+0.02	-0.25	0.00	0.00	+0.11	—	20:49
14 Kevin Korchinski D	-0.19	0.00	+0.01	-0.09	-0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	12:09
44 Wyatt Kaiser D	-0.24	0.00	0.00	-0.09	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	22:27
98 Connor Bedard C	-0.26	+0.70	+0.24	-1.51	+0.30	-0.03	+0.03	—	20:40
95 Ilya Mikheyev R	-0.27	+0.75	+0.25	-1.28	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	16:14
86 Teuvo Teravainen C	-0.64	0.00	0.00	-0.66	0.00	-0.01	+0.03	—	16:11
84 Landon Slaggert L	-0.70	0.00	+0.06	-0.76	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:41
20 Ryan Greene C	-0.71	0.00	0.00	-0.66	0.00	-0.05	0.00	—	16:02
46 Louis Crevier D	-1.00	+0.55	+0.01	-1.73	0.00	0.00	+0.16	—	18:58
72 Alex Vlasic D	-1.88	0.00	0.00	-2.06	0.00	0.00	+0.18	—	20:13

New Jersey Devils

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
86 Jack Hughes C	+5.38	+2.75	+1.31	+1.41	0.00	-0.01	-0.08	—	22:12
28 Timo Meier R	+3.69	+0.55	+0.79	+2.36	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	19:19
43 Luke Hughes D	+3.16	+0.70	+0.04	+2.39	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	22:07
91 Dawson Mercer C	+2.82	+0.70	+0.17	+1.92	0.00	+0.01	+0.03	—	21:10
13 Nico Hischier C	+2.62	+1.25	+0.11	+1.11	0.00	+0.08	+0.07	—	21:25
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D	+2.17	+0.55	0.00	+1.66	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	20:10
16 Connor Brown R	+2.15	+0.75	+0.65	+0.76	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	19:27
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D	+1.88	+0.55	+0.16	+1.13	0.00	0.00	+0.04	—	20:37
63 Jesper Bratt L	+1.76	+0.70	+0.02	+1.06	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	17:54
7 Dougie Hamilton D	+1.21	+0.75	+0.07	+0.24	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	18:55
34 Jake Allen G	+0.84	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.84	60:00
17 Simon Nemec D	+0.76	+0.75	+0.19	-0.26	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	16:55
12 Cody Glass C	+0.17	0.00	+0.13	-0.04	0.00	+0.05	+0.03	—	11:31
33 Evgenii Dadonov L	-0.01	0.00	0.00	+0.01	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	9:47
72 Nick Bjugstad C	-0.30	0.00	+0.13	-0.33	-0.15	+0.01	+0.05	—	7:04
47 Paul Cotter L	-0.37	0.00	0.00	-0.50	+0.15	-0.02	0.00	—	7:36
42 Maxim Tsyplakov R	-0.40	0.00	+0.02	-0.42	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	7:21
5 Brenden Dillon D	-0.41	0.00	+0.02	-0.49	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	19:31
29 Lenni Hameenaho R	-0.44	0.00	+0.04	-0.33	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	11:02

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.